SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved the expansion of a program that allows the U of I Springfield to offer in-state tuition to residents of nearby states.

After freezing resident undergraduate tuition rates in seven of the previous 11 years, the U of I Board of Trustees on Jan.

Since 2010, Illinois State University has raised annual in-state tuition by nearly $1,200 as state funding tumbled 34% to $80 million a year. With a $12 million deficit this academic year, the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State University's seven-member governing board could grow to nine under a proposal approved in a Senate committee Tuesday. State Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, is pushing the ...